[3][4] In 2015, he played a lead role as Bob Stevens, a veteran struggling with memory loss, in the Kyle Ham-directed film Reparation.

[5] In the 2018 Netflix television series Ozark, Menchaca had a recurring role as Russ Langmore, a man struggling to suppress his homosexuality.

He appeared again on TV with Jason Bateman in 2019, in the Stephen King horror miniseries The Outsider portraying Jack Hoskins for all 10 episodes.

In 2020, Menchaca won Best Actor in a Feature at the Mammoth Film Festival Awards for his performance as Sam in the John Hyams thriller Alone alongside co-star Jules Willcox.

[9] He received a further award for Best Actor in 2020 at the Oxford International Film Festival (OXIFF) in the UK, for his portrayal of 'The Man' in #Like [10] directed by Sarah Pirozek.